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APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1909 Patented Apr. 12,1910.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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CHARLES H. ELLIS, OF NOTTINGHAll/I, OHIO.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ELLIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nottingham, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to ironing boards and particularly to combinedironing boards and clothes racks, the object of the invention being theprovision of a device of this character which can be compactly folded soas to occupy small space when not in use.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an ironingboard and clothes rack which will have means for supporting itselfindependently of any other structure.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an ironingboard having a supplemental or auxiliary sleeve board adjustably carriedthereby so that the sleeves or garments and infants clothes may beironed at the same time without requiring a separate ironing board.

With these and other objects in view, the invent-ion consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device set up foruse Fig. 2 is an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a detail top plan view withthe skirt board removed and the sleeve board shown in dotted lines so asto better illustrate the parts beneath it; Fig. t is a detail elevationshowing the clothes rack in position to receive the clothes; Fig. 5 is aside elevation showing the device folded when not in use; Fig. 6 is adetail horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 is asection on the line 77 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 and 2 represent thesupporting standards which, in this instance, each comprise legs 3 whichare crossed intermediately their ends as at 4t and mortised together soas to form a perfectly flat surface. The upper ends of the legs arebraced apart by a support 5 which will hereinafter be described and thelower portion of the legs are braced apart by a strut 6. The support 5and the.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 19, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 508,270.

strut 6 are both secured to the side of the legs and at opposite endsthereof for a purpose which will hereinafter be described and both arecentrally a-pertured to receive the pivot pins 7 and 8, the latterprojecting considerably above the support so as to enter apertures inthe skirt board 9 and thereby prevent its lateral displacement. The pins7 and S are carried by the vertical axles 10 which are connectedtogether by a horizontal bridge piece 11 and are held in their verticalposition by suitable jack struts 12. The axles are substantiallyrectangular in cross section and have their outer faces directlyengaging the mortised intersection of the legs 3. In Fig. 6 it will benoticed that as the intersection bears directly against the outer facesof the axle that unless the corners were rounded upon the arc of thecircle whose center would be the pivot pins 7 or 8 that the standards 1and 2 could not turn. In order to overcome this, I make the standards ofmaterial which will have sufficient resiliency to allow enough spring ofthe legs at the intersection so that this part will slide over therounded corners in either direction of movement. It will thus be seenthat the standards are held in one of their three positions by reason oftheir engagement with the flat faces of the axles.

Hinged to the bridge piece 11 on either side thereof are clothes racks13 which have at their ends suitable hooks 14, adapted when the racksare thrown out of operative position for receiving the clothes, toengage the eyes 15 carried upon the upper jack struts 12. These racksare composed of a series of bars as shown for the purpose of holding thepieces of clothes after they are ironed or they may be used as clothessupports for holding the clothes prior to ironmg.

Slidably mounted on the bridge piece 11 is a supporting bearing 16 whichis constructed in separate halves and clamped together with bolts or setscrews 17 as shown. Each half of the standard is provided with asemicylindrical neck 18 which when both are together forms a receivingsocket 19 in which is mounted a stem 20 of a suitable goose-necksupport. The top portion of this goose-neck is slightly flattened toreceive the attaching screws 22 by which the sleeve board 23 is held inposition immediately below the skirt board 9. A suitable set screw 24:is threaded into one-half of the socket 19 and secures the stem 20 fromrotation. It will be seen that the board 23 may be turned at anysuit-able angle so that it may be used independently of and while theskirt board is in position upon the standards and it will also be seenthat it may be adjusted along the bridge piece 11 as desired.

From the foregoing description. taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claim.

I claim as my invention- In a device of the class described, a bridgepiece, supporting standards pivotally connected to the bridge piece, askirt board mounted upon the standards, a two-piece bracket slidablymounted upon the bridge piece, and having a socket formed therein, agoose-neck support adjustably mounted in the socket, and a sleeve boardcarried by said support beneath the skirt board.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES H. ELLIS.

lVit-nesses N. E. BLIss, GERTRUDE H. FoLsoM.

